Eagle Weekly Updates
In This Issue
Ribbon Cutting Invitation - November 14
Governance Board Meeting Announcement
3rd Grade Leads the Way
TEDxAmanaAcademy - November 16
Hands On Amana - November 8-9
PIE General Meeting - November 12
Used Uniform Sale - November 8
Family "Fun"d Night @ SkyZone - November 7
Box Tops Collection Contest
Reminders
 
 
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Events
November 6 - Cafe Conversations
6:00 PM
Amana Cafeteria
Using OAS as a tool for students in grades 1-8
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November 7 - Family "Fun"d Event
SkyZone Roswell
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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November 8-9 - Hands On Amana
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November 12 - PIE General Meeting
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Amana Cafeteria
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November 14 - Ribbon Cutting
9:30 AM - 11:00 
Amana Cafeteria
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November 15 - Spirit Wear Day
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November 15 - Cafe Conversations
8:30 AM
Georgia Common Core Performance Standards
Amana Cafeteria
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November 16 - Governing Board Meeting
9:00AM - 10:00 AM 
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November 16 - TEDxAmanaAcademy
Amana Cafeteria


Thank You to Our Business Partners


   







 
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JOIN US FOR AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING
Dear Amana Parents:
 
We invite you to join us on November 14 from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM for an official Ribbon Cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of our new Middle School wing.  We will be hosting a number of community officials, including the Mayor of Alpharetta, representatives from Fulton County Schools, and the Chairman of Fulton County, Dr. John Eaves, who was instrumental in assisting us with this monumental achievement.   
If you would like to join us for this important event, please RSVP by Friday, November 8 by emailing Niki Fox at nfox@amanaacademy.org or by phone at 678.624.0989, ext. 174.  Attire is business-casual.
 
 
 
GOVERNANCE BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Amana's Governance Board will convene for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on November 14 from 9:30 AM-11:00 AM.  All meetings of the Amana Board are posted to our website calendar and open to the public unless designated as "executive session" where, by law, the Board must convene in private to discuss land, legal or personnel items. Any vote resulting from executive session discussion, however, will occur in an open public setting.
GRADE-LEVEL COMPETITION: 3rd GRADE LEADS THE WAY!
3rd Grade has taken a commanding lead in the Annual Fund grade-level competition.  They are currently at 16% parent participation. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already made their commitment to this important fund.  
 
Here are the class rankings:

Kindergarten - 4%
 
1st Grade - 10%
2nd Grade - 5%
3rd Grade - 16%
4th Grade - 4%
5th Grade - 2%
6th Grade - 4%
7th Grade - 0%
8th Grade - 3% 

Remember, the grade-level with the highest percentage of parent participation at the end of the semester will receive a free out-of uniform day. And every student whose family donates will be entered in a weekly drawing to be Principal for the Day.  We're aiming for 100% participation among our Board, Staff and Families.  Right now the Board is at 100%, our staff is at 14%, and our parent community is at 5% participation.  

 

You can donate online through our secure fundraising page, or you can send your donation in to the school in the form of cash or a check made payable to Amana Academy. 

 

Make your gift go further by participating in your company's matching gift program.  Not sure if your company matches charitable donations?  Visit our Double the Donation page to see if they offer an employee matching gift program.  

 

TEDxAmanaAcademy - NOVEMBER 16
TEDx
TEDxAmanaAcademy is an independently organized TEDxYouthDay event. TEDxYouthDay events happen all around the world in early November, around Universal Children's Day. The events are designed to empower and inspire young people. Hosting a TEDxYouthDay event at Amana Academy allows students to showcase Expeditionary Learning's Design Principles students are encouraged to live by. You are invited to this event on November 16, 2013 from 1:30p.m.-3:00p.m. 
 
Tickets can be reserved through EventBrite.  We have a maximum of 100 tickets available on a first-come-first-served basis, so make your reservations quickly to make sure you get a spot.  
HELP OUR SCHOOL CLINIC - SIGN UP FOR HANDS ON AMANA
Our school clinic is ready to expand into the space behind the cafeteria, and we need your help to convert the space we were using for a teachers' lounge into the new clinic.  We need help with moving furniture, prepping for painting, painting, and of course everyone's favorite activity of clean-up.  This HOA event will take place on Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8.  Please fill  click here to complete our online  sign-up form.  
 
PIE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY - ALL PARENTS WELCOME!
The next meeting for Partners in Education (PIE), Amana's parent organization, will be held on Tuesday, November 12 from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM on the cafeteria.  Come find out what's happening at Amana and learn ways you can get involved!

USED UNIFORM SALE - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Uniform sale! All pants on sale for $3, everything else $5.  This Friday at pick-up: November 8 12:30PM - 1:30 PM.  Contact Lisa Gardner at lisagardner22@gmail.com for more information.
FAMILY FUN TOMORROW AT SKYZONE


Let's get ready to have some jumping fun at SkyZone,
 Thur., Nov. 8, 3 PM - 8 PM. This is a Family Fun Night that is also a Family "Fun"d Night! For every hour that you pay for your child (or you!) to jump, $3 goes to Amana! You can also get dinner there too! When you get a meal deal, a pizza and drinks, for $10, $2 goes back to Amana!!

 

And BEST OF ALL your child can win a SkyZone Super Party Package for up to 23 kids!!! A $349 value!!! To enter the drawing to win, you need to bring a box of cereal for North Fulton Community Charities. EACH box of cereal will get you ONE entry in the drawing. Make sure you find Melissa at the event to show your cereal and enter to win!!!

 

Please note that the last check-in is at 7 pm so that you can have a whole hour of jumping fun!

 

Please fill out waivers  online and save time for jumping! For questions, contact Melissa Blalock at mwblalock@gmail.com.

 

IT'S BOX TOP CONTEST TIME!
It's time to start your Box Top engines!  The Box Top Collection Contest has begun, and will run through November 21.  So, take your students to the grocery store and hunt down some Box Top products.  Also, please be on the lookout for brand new Box Top Collection Boxes in all of your students' classrooms and further details about what the winning classrooms will win as prizes.  In the meantime, collect and clip those Box Tops and help our school earn cash for every Box Top you send in!  THE EXCITEMENT STARTS NOW!!! For questions, contact Marcy Morantz at mdmorantz@comcast.net.